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Concept make a lot of money playing games that rely more on your skill than on chance.  King.com is the biggest such site  an international skill games site founded by Riccardo Zacconi and Toby Rowland the founders have had failures such as clickmango.com. A skill game site is one that allows you to play games that have more to do with your ability than luck.

It is possible to win substantial amounts on these sites if you are a good player. If you will be playing their various games, then you will probably need a Paypal account.

King.com games have a good range of games. These include shoot em ups, card games, thinking games such as chess and soduku, click and switch games and so on.

King com have 50 games plus, such as the traditional game of solitaire. You play the game and get a score depending on how fast you complete the game. Your opponent will have exactly the same deck of cards with the cards in exactly the same order as your game.

King's fairness ratings, if your skill at Solitaire was not very good, you would be constantly beaten by other people. So to try and make the system fair, you get a starting rating if you play the money games the rating begins at 2000 and goes up or down dependent on your first 5 money games.  After your first five games you are only matched against players of a similar rating. In other words if you had a rating of 2000 a user with a rating of 5000 would not be allowed to play you (unless you make a direct challenge).

One of the interesting aspects of the King site is the social aspect where you can message other players, sign their guest books, have a profile and the like.

The registration process is similar to most social networking sites where you provide a user name and an email address. Then they will send you a confirmation email to ensure you are a valid user.

It is possible for people to create automated scripts which get phenomally high scores and for people who are good at games to have multiple accounts. If you suspect people are cheating you can contact their abuse department and report your findings.

In many respects this skill gaming site is excellent apart from their support and abuse people. This is a crucial component of any skill gaming site and unfortunately if you ask too many questions you may be banned for supsected cheating.

If you are in some countries, you will not have access to some of the games as the country's law considers it gambling. In addition to the poor support, some players have suffered from harrassment from other players.

We have put a full list of other skill gaming sites ranked by Online Casino City in order of size:

1   King.com

2   WorldWinner
Software: WorldWinner, Inc.

3   iWin Playsite
Software: CTXM
 
4   GameColony.com
Software: Proprietary Software

5   Boyleskill
Software: GameAccount Global, Skill 4 Prizes
  
6   Orange Shark
Software: Proprietary Software

7   Unibet Games
Software: Dynamite Idea, GTS, Jadestone, Net Entertainment, Parlay Entertainment
  
8   Play 89 

9   Spadester.com
Software: Proprietary Software

10   Betfair Exchange Games
Software: Proprietary Software
  
11   MoneyGaming.com
Software: Game Trust, Proprietary Software
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom
 
12   Grand Billiards
Software: 3D Revolutions
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom
     
13   Duplicate Poker
Software: Proprietary Software
Jurisdiction: United States

14   Oplay.eu
Software: Greentube
  
15   ConQUIZtador
 
16   DigiTurf
  
17   BeatYa
Software: Greentube
Jurisdiction: Malta
  
18   Tournament Games
Software: Proprietary Software
  
19   William Hill Skill Games
Software: GameAccount Global
   
20   Trivia On Net
 
21   Gamedek.com
Software: Arkadium
  
22   GameBonus
Software: Proprietary Software
Jurisdiction: United States

23   Paddy Power Skill
Software: GameAccount Global
   
24   Pool Empire
Software: Proprietary Software
  
25   GamArena
Software: EGET, Jadestone
Jurisdiction: Ă…land Islands
  
26   SkillGame.com
Software: GameAccount Global, Groove Games
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom
  
27   World Gaming
Software: World Gaming
 
28   Playfast 

29   Table66
Software: Greentube

30   betonbattles.com
  
31   Serious Trivia

32   Thwart Poker 
  
33   CasinoRIP.com
Software: GameAccount Global
  
34   GamezAddict
  
35   MoneyGaming Tournaments
Software: Proprietary Software
  
36   Skill Extreme
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom
  
37   Skill King
Software: Proprietary Software
 
38   SkillGround
Software: Groove Games
  
39   SkillMoney

40   UTour Golf
Software: Groove Games

41   Skill7

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